A Gorgeous, Animated Visualization Of The Market's Dramatic Plummet This Afternoon

This afternoon, the market briefly lost $136 billion when someone
hacked the Associated Press' Twitter feed and tweeted that the
White House had been attacked and that President Obama had been
injured.

The market quickly regained its footing as everyone realized what
was going on, but this incident serves as a reminder that the
market moves in the blink of an eye, and is subject not only to
the whims of millions, but also sometimes the recklessness of
one.

Market research firm Nanex LLC posted a
gorgeous moving visual of what the drop looked like in high
speed. What this chart shows is the depth of volume in the market
when the false tweet broke and a ton of traders started to sell,
then how the depth stabilized as the world realized that the news
was inaccurate.